Dispensing tank



W. H. OPITZ.

DISPENSING TANK. APPLICATION men Aue.1e. 1919.

A TTORNE Patented July 11, 1922.

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W. H. OPITZ.

DISPENSING TANK. APPLICATION FILED AUGIIGI 1919- 1,422,124, Patented July 11, 1922.

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DISPENSING TANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1922.

Application filed August 16, 1919. Serial No. 317,920.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, lVILLIaM H. Orrrz, residing at. Fort. Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, a citizen of the United States, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing Tanks, of which improvements the following is a specification. r

The invention described herein relates to apparatus for dispensing liquids in different but predetermined quantities and has for its object a construction in which the liquid has a series of outlet openings arranged in different horizontal planes and connected with a common delivery passage. The discharge of liquids through such outlet ports is controlled by a plate being movable across said outlets and having an opening adapted to be brought into register with the outlet ports to permit of the discharge of fluid. The invention is hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved dispensing apparatus; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Figs. 3 and 4t are side and sectional views of the valve or controlling gate; Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views of the valveseat; Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view of the tank and Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation of the tank without the cover, the plane of section being indicated by the line VIII-VIII, in Fig. 7; and Fig. 9 is a sectional detail view illustrating the locking and controlling mechanism and Fig. 10 is a view in elevation of the locking and controlling mechanism.

In the practice of the invention it is preferred to construct the tank A which is provided with a removable cover B, with-two dispensing compartments C and D as clearly shown in Figs. 7 and 8, but as each compartment is provided with the similar filling and discharging devices the description will be limited to a single compartment and its fill- The liquid to be dispensed is conducted into the compartment or chamber 0 by a pipe 2, the liquid being supplied from a suitable reservoir not shown, by means of a pump preferably electrically driven, forcing the liquid upwardly through the pipe 2 extending up into the compartment which is also provided with an overflow pipe 4, the upper end of this pipe being located at a level at which the liquid in the compartment will stand when the desired quantity has been admitted or fed into the compartment.

This overflow pipe is provided with an adjustable sleeve 4? to accurately establish the level of the liquid with reference to the several discharge ports or openings. The compartment is provided in one of the walls with a series of outlet ports 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 so located with reference to the level of the liquid when the desired quantity is charged into the tank, that when such port is opened a. certain predetermined port-ion of the liquid will escape through one or the other of the outlet ports dependent upon the quantity to be dispensed. As for example, if the tank is designed to contain 5 gallons of a liquid, the overflow pipe will have its discharge end at such a level that any amount greater than the five gallons will escape therethrough and the upper outlet port 5 will be. so located with reference to the discharge end of the overflow pipe that only a predetermined amount of liquid can escape through such outlet port. The other outlet ports are similarly arranged with reference to dispensing similar or greater quantities of the liquid. In the construction shown the several outlet ports are located to discharge 1, 2, 3, 4t and 5 gallons.

In order to control the flow of liquid from these outlet ports, a plate-like valve or gate 10 is mounted to move transversely of the line of outlet ports and is provided with an opening 11 therethrough adapted to be brought into registration with one or the other of the outlet ports. Vhile not necessary, it is preferred in order to prevent the accidental escape of the liquid that the outlet ports should be formed in a plate 12 set into a recess in the walls of the tank or compartment. In the construction shown,

the outlet ports are arranged with their centers in the arc of a circle and the gate or controlling valve 10 is made in the form of a disc loosely mounted on the pin 18 set in the center of the annulus on which the outlet ports are arranged. The gate or valve 10 is held in position and covered by a hood 1-1 secured by bolts to the side of the tank and provided with a groove 15 into which the liquid will flow from the several ports, the lower end of such groove being connected to a discharge pipe 16. lVhile any suitable means may be employed for shifting the valve or gate 10, it is preferred to operate of the gate or valve.

the same by means of a pinion 17 mounted upon a shaft 18 and provided with teeth intermeshing with the teeth on the periphery In order to indicate the position of the ports or openings through the gate or valve, a second pinion 19 is mounted on the shaft 18 and intermeshes with a pinion 2O loosely mounted on a pin. 21 secured in the wall of the tank. This pinion is provided with, an indicating finger 22, adapted to move along a scale 23 having marks or indices corresponding with the positions of the several discharge openings from the tank so that when the valve is rotated by its pinion, this finger will indicate which one of the outlet ports or openings 5, 6, etc., in the disc or valve is in register.

It is preferred to employ in connection with the tank a meter which will indicate the total quantity of liquid dispensed from the tank. In the construction shown, a meter 24 of any suitable construction is located on top of the tank and is designed to be operated by a toothed rod 25 having secured to its lower end a float 26 which is guided in its up and down movements by a rod 27 having its ends secured in the bottom and cover of the tank.

In order to enable anyone to ascertain are placed marks corresponding to the 'maximum height of the liquid and also to thelowest edge of each of the outlet openings. The cover of the tank is provided with an extension 29 forming an open bottomed pocket above the glass strip for the reception of an electric bulb 30, which will illumi-' nate the colored lens 31 in the outer wall of the pocket and also will illuminate the liquid at night showing through the glass strips 28.

Suitable means are provided for locking the gate or valve when the opening therethrough is out of alinement with the outlets, 5, 6, etc., preferably when the opening through the gate is between the outlets 5 and 6. In addition to the primary lock, provision is made for preventing the filling of the tank except when the gate or valve is in such :msition that no liquid can be dispensed uring the filling operation, De sirable forms of locking devices are shown in Figs. 1 and 9. The main lock consists of a pin 32 so mounted in a box 30 carried by the cover or hood 14 that when forced inwardly, the end ofthe pin will engage a re.

cess 34: in the periphery of the gate or valve 10. This pin is shifted and held bya spring 35 and is. locked in engagement with the gate or valve by the bolt 36 of a locking mechanism of the Yale or any suitable construction', engaging a notch 37 in the pin, the notch being so located as to be in alinement with the bolt when the pin has been pushed in.

In order to prevent any dispensing of liquid during the charging of the tank, the

'meansemployed 'for such charging is normovably mounted in the box 33 asshown in Fig. 9. The periphery of the gate or valve 10 is provided with a recess 44 so located as to be in alinement with the pin, only when the opening in the gate or valve is out of alinement with the dispensing ports 5, 6, etc. In the normal or outer position of the pin the spring 42 will be out of contact with one of the contacts as 411 but when therecess 1a is in alinement with the pin 13, it can be shifted sufliciently far to complete the circuit through the motor,'at the same time looking the gate or valve;

I claim herein as my'invention 1. A dispensing tank having in combination therewith means "for charging liquid into thetank, an overflow pipe, a plurality provided with a port and means for rotating the'gate or valve to bring said port into ahnement withany of the spaced openings.

2. A dispensing tank having in combina-' tion therewith means for supplying liquid to the tank, an overflow pipe, a plurality of openings vertically spaced at distances from the inlet to the overflow pipe proportional to the quantities of liquid to be withdrawn from the tank, a movable gate or valve having a port, means tor shifting the gate or valve to bringsaid port 1nto ahnement with any of the spaced openings and means controlled by the gate or valve for controlling the liquid supplying means.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM HERMAN oPITZQ 

